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Legal Market Annual Recap (2023) – Quality over Quantity

2023 was a below average year for us in terms of number of attorney placements but the credentials and diversity of our candidates remained exceptionally high.  We placed 3 partners and 5 associates for salaries totaling $2.4 million. Not surprisingly given the slowdown in corporate and M&A activity, 7 of our 8 placements were litigators.  All but one of our litigation candidates had federal clerkship experience and all but one of our total candidates graduated from top 20 law schools (the other one was 22).  75% of our placements were women and 88% of our placements were attorneys of color.

We enter 2024 with 3 candidates in final interviews and continue to develop a pipeline of extraordinary attorneys.  We are bullish on the 2024 legal hiring market and look forward to working with you on your career goals and hiring needs.

Atticus Recruiting – Chicago’s Legal Recruiter© Extraordinary Opportunities for Exceptional Attorneys

Rob McAndrew

About the Author & Atticus Recruiting

Rob McAndrew is President and Co-founder of Atticus Recruiting, Chicago’s Legal Recruiter®. Atticus Recruiting specializes in placing exceptional attorneys in extraordinary opportunities in and around Chicago and the greater Midwest. Our unique grasp of the Chicago legal market derives from our long-standing relationships with managing partners, department chairs, general counsels, associates, law firm lateral attorney hiring coordinators, senior public sector attorneys and law school career services professionals. For more information about our services please contact us.

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